History Recap / TheSimpsonsS13E8SweetsAndSourMarge

* UnfortunateNames: Garth Motherloving previously went by the surname [[AdolfHitler Hitler]].

* FatAndProud: Most of Springfield is overjoyed when they're announced the world's fattest town. Only Marge is concerned that their celebrating obesity.

** Garth Motherloving bribes Homer into helping his plot by showing him a smoking [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Oompa-Loompa]].
* SuicideAsComedy: See DrivenToSuicide
* UnfortunateNames: Garth Motherloving previously went by the surname [[AdolfHitler Hitler]].

** One of the sweets burned in the fire is a promotional chocolate statuette of JohnnyDepp from ''{{Chocolat}}''.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them". This gag cost the Simpsons their contract with Butterfingers and has been cut from all reruns (including syndication), though the season 13 DVD box set version has the scene intact and Butterfingers' contract with the Simpsons franchise has been renewed in 2013.
** In Brazil, the gag isn't excluded from the reruns.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them". This gag cost the Simpsons their contract with Butterfingers and has been cut from reruns, though the DVD version has the scene intact and Butterfingers' contract with the Simpsons franchise has been renewed in 2013.

An attempt at getting into the Guiness Book of World Records for largest human pyramid goes south when everyone in Springfield rolls through town until they stop at a truck scale. The good news: Springfield is now declared the fattest city in America. The bad news: Marge starts a protest to rid the town of sugar and sugar-laced foods after realizing that being the world's fattest town is putting everyone's health in jeopardy, including her own children.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them". This gag cost the Simpsons their contract with Butterfingers and has been cut from reruns (but not the DVD version), although in 2013, their contract was renewed.

In an attempt to get into the GuinnessBookOfWorldRecords, Homer arranges the town to get into a massive human pyramid but fails when they form a giant human ball. After rolling onto a weight station, Springfield gains the record for "World's Fattest Town". Marge becomes worried that the town is condemning all their lives to an existence of obesity and poor health and decides to act out against the Motherloving Corporation, headed by Garth Motherloving (Creator/BenStiller), which provides most of the town's sugary, unhealthy foods. Inducing what is known as "Marge's Law", all sugary foods are banned from sale much to the general populace's contempt.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them". This gag cost the Simpsons their contract with Butterfingers and has been cut from reruns (but not the DVD version).

In an attempt to get into the GuinnessBookOfWorldRecords, Homer arranges the town to get into a massive human pyramid but fails when they form a giant human ball. After rolling onto a weight station, Springfield gains the record for "World's Fattest Town". Marge becomes worried that the town is condemning all their lives to an existence of obesity and poor health and decides to act out against the Motherloving Corporation, headed by Garth Motherloving (BenStiller), which provides most of the town's sugary, unhealthy foods. Inducing what is known as "Marge's Law", all sugary foods are banned from sale much to the general populace's contempt.

* SuicideAsComedy: See DrivenToSuicide

** [[KatamariDamacy A bunch of people being rolled up into a giant ball and catching others in their path]]

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them". This gag cost the Simpsons their contract with Butterfingers.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The entire episode plays with the idea of sugar being equatable to a drug, especially during the scene where Homer, Mr. Burns, Apu, and Count Fudgula smuggle sugar into Springfield. The scene that best hammers this in is when Disco Stu sucks up lines of sugar through a straw in a manner akin to snorting cocaine.

!!This episode contains examples of: ([[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/TheSimpsonsS13E8SweetsAndSourMarge YMMV Examples here]])

* JerkAss: Garth Motherloving is a total jerk, frequently trying to shoot Marge down during their conversation.

** [[KatamariDamacy A bunch of people being rolled up into a giant ball and catching others in their roll]]

* RunningGag: Readied in his diving gear, Homer falls backwards off the top of Burns' yacht, landing on the lower deck. He tries again, landing on the flat surface of a nearby whale. He quips [[LampshadeHanging "I'm only gonna do this one more time"]] before managing to land in the water.

** Garth Motherloving bribes Homer into helping his plot by showing him a smoking [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Oompa-Loompa]].

** One of the sweets burned in the fire is a promotional chocolate statuette of JohnnyDepp from {{Chocolat}}.

!!This episode contains examples of:

* ShoutOut: Homer refers to Marge throughout the second half of the episode as variations of ErinBrockovich (such as "Erin Chocosnitch").

In an attempt to get into the GuinnessBookOfWorldRecords, Homer arranges the town to get into a massive human pyramid but fails when they form a giant human ball. After rolling onto a weight station, Springfield gains the record for "World's Fattest Town". Marge becomes worried that the town is condemning all their lives to an existence of obesity and poor health and decides to act out against the Motherloving Corporation which provides most of the town's sugary, unhealthy foods. Inducing what is known as "Marge's Law", all sugary foods are banned from sale much to the general populace's contempt.

* JerkAss: Garth Motherloving is a total jerk, frequently trying to shoot Marge down during their conversation.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The entire episode plays with the idea of sugar being equatable to a drug, especially during the scene where Homer, Mr. Burns, Apu, and Count Fudgula smuggle sugar into Springfield. The scene that best hammers this in is when Disco Stu sucks up lines of sugar through a straw in a manner akin to snorting cocaine.

In an attempt to get into the GuinnessBookOfWorldRecords, Homer arranges the town to get into a massive human pyramid but fails when they form a giant human ball. After rolling onto a weight station, Springfield gains the record for "World's Fatest Town". Marge becomes worried that the town is condemning all their lives to an existence of obesity and poor health and decides to act out against the Motherloving Corporation which provides most of the town's sugary, unhealthy foods. Inducing what is known as "Marge's Law", all sugary foods are banned from sale much to the general populace's contempt.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them". This gag cost the Simpsons their contract with Butterfingers.